Missile strike kills five: officials

A suspected US missile struck a house in a troubled Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least five people, security officials said.

A suspected US missile struck a house in a troubled Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least five people, security officials said.

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The incident in the village of Mohammad Khel in the North Waziristan tribal area comes amid rising tensions between Pakistan and the United States over a series of US attacks on alleged Al-Qaeda and Taliban targets.

"A house belonging to two Afghans was destroyed in the missile strike. Initial reports are that five people were killed," a Pakistani security official said on condition of anonymity.